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MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 23, 2021 Biyernes sa Ika -16 na Linggo ng Taon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 13:18-23 “Kaya pakinggan ninyo ang talinhaga tungkol sa manghahasik. Ang mga nakikinig sa salita ukol sa Kaharian ng Diyos ngunit hindi nakakaunawa ay tulad ng mga binhing nahasik sa tabing daan, dumating ang masama at inagaw ang nahasik sa kanyang puso. Ang binhing nahulog sa batuhan ay yaong nakikinig at mas...

ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN | PATRON SAINT OF EUROPE Feast day: JULY 23 St. Bridget of Sweden, is our saint for today, was a woman of extraordinary character. She exemplified the virtues of charity and generosity, and devoted her time in caring for the poor, the sick and the unwed mothers. She was a mother, a visionary, and a founder of monasteries. Through her mother, she was related to the kings of Sw...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 22, 2021 | THURSDAY | St. Mary Magdalene  Gospel: Jn 20: 1 – 2, 11 - 18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 22, 2021 Huwebes sa Ika -16 na Linggo ng Taon | Kapistahan ni Santa Maria Magdalena EBANGHELYO: JUAN 20:11-18 Sa unang araw ng san Linggo maagang nagpunta sa libingan si Maria Magdalena habang madilim pa. Nang makita niya ang tinanggal na bato mula sa libingan, patakbong pumunta si Maria Magdalena kay Simon Pedro at sa isa pang alagad na mahal ni Jesus. Sinabi niya sa kanil...

ST. TERESA OF ANDES l PATRON AGAINST ILLNESS Feast Day: APRIL 12 St. Teresa of Andes is another excellent model for the young. She became a religious at a tender age and died at the age of 20. St. Teresa was born in Chile to a well-off family on July 13, 1900. She was baptized Enriqueta Josefina and was fondly called Juanita. She was surrounded by blessings and was educated by the French nuns of t...

ST. NUNZIO SULPRIZIO | PATRON OF THE BLACKSMITH, ABUSED CHILDREN AND OF WORKERS Feast Day: MAY 5 We are featuring today, an awe-inspiring adolescent saint, who from the age of three until he died, had suffered physically, psychologically and emotionally. How he lived a simple, humble, gentle, and prayerful life leading to sanctity was a unique gift from God. St. Nunzio Zulprizio was born in Pescar...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 21, 2021 | WEDNESDAY | Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church 16th Week in Ordinary Time  Gospel: Mt 13: 1 - 9 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen!...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 21, 2021 Miyerkules sa Ika -16 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 13:1–9 Umalis sa bahay si Jesus at naupo sa may dalampasigan. Ngunit maraming tao ang natipon sa paligid niya kaya sumakay siya at naupo sa bangka samantalang nakatayo naman sa pampang ang mga tao. At marami siyang ipinahayag sa kanila sa tulong ng mga talinhaga. At sinabi ni Jesus: "Lumabas na...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 20, 2021 | TUESDAY | 16th Week in Ordinary Time | Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr  Gospel: Mt 12: 46 - 50 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” But to the one who had told him this, J...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 20, 2021 Martes sa Ika -16 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 12:46-50 Nagsasalita pa si Jesus sa mga tao nang dumating ang kanyang ina at mga kapatid para makipag-usap sa kanya, at naghihintay sila sa labas. Kaya may nagsabi sa kanya: “Nasa labas ang iyong ina at mga kapatid; gusto ka nilang makusap.” Sumagot si Jesus: “Sino ang aking ina? Sino ang aking mga...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 19, 2021 |  MONDAY | 16th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel: Mt 12: 38 -42 Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 19, 2021 Lunes sa Ika -16 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 12:38-42 Sinabi ng ilang guro ng Batas at mga Pariseo: “Guro, gusto naming makakita ng tanda mula sa iyo.” Sumagot si Jesus: “Isang palatandaan ang hinihiling ng masama at di-tapat na lahing ito ngunit walang palatandaang ibibigay sa kanila, maliban sa palatandaan ni Propeta Jonas. Kung papaanong ta...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 18, 2021 | SUNDAY | 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel: Mk 6: 30 – 34 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now m...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 18, 2021 Ika -16 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MARCOS 6:30-34 Pagbalik ng mga apostol kay Jesus, isinalaysay nila sa kanya ang lahat nilang ginawa at itinuro. Sinabi naman niya sa kanila: “Tayo na sa isang ilang na lugar para mapag-isa tayo at makapagpahinga kayo nang kaunti.” Sapagkat doo'y marami ang paroo't parito at hindi man lamang sila makakain. Kaya lum...

This episode entitled, Seeking for Sign, Seeking for God’s Will, reflects on the journey of doing God’s will. Oftentimes, we ask for signs if we wish to do something or when we ask something from God when what is really asked of us is to see His will in the unfolding of events in our everyday life. This reflection leads the listener to do the most loving thing to do, that is, to do God’s will.

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 17, 2021 | SATURDAY |   15th Week in Ordinary Time  Gospel: Mt 12: 14 – 21 The Pharisees went out and conspired against Jesus, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “Here is my s...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 17, 2021 Sabado sa Ika -15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 12:14-21 Pagkalabas ng mga Pariseo, nag-usap-usap sila kung paano nila masisiraan si Jesus. Nalaman ito ni Jesus kaya lumayo siya sa lugar na iyon. Maraming tao ang sumunod sa kanya. Pinagaling niya ang lahat ng maysakit ngunit inutusan niya sila na huwag siyang ipamalita. Kaya natupad ang sinabi ni I...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 16, 2021 | FRIDAY | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 15th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel: Mt 12: 1 – 8 (or Mt 12: 46 – 50) At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” He s...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 16, 2021 Biyernes sa Ika -15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 12:1-8 Naglakad si Jesus sa mga taniman ng trigo minsang Araw ng Pahinga. Nagutom ang kanyang mga alagad at sinimulan nilang alisin sa uhay ang mga butil, at kainin ‘yon. Nang mapansin ito ng mga Pariseo, sinabi nila kay Jesus: “Tingnan mo ang iyong mga alagad, gumagawa sila ng ipinagbabawal sa Araw...

GOSPEL POWER | JULY 15, 2021 | THURSDAY | Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 15th Week in Ordinary Time  Gospel: Mt 11: 28 – 30 Jesus said, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my...

MABUTING BALITA | HULYO 15, 2021 Huwebes sa Ika -15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon EBANGHELYO: MATEO 11:28-30 Sinabi ni Jesus: “Lumapit sa akin, lahat kayong nahihirapan at may pinapasan, at pagiginhawain ko kayo. Kunin ninyo ang aking pamatok at matuto sa akin na mahinahon ako at mababang-loob, at makakatagpo kayo ng ginhawa para sa inyong kaluluwa. Sapagkat mabuti ang aking pamatok at magaan ang a...

ST. JUSTIN MARTYR | PATRON OF THE PHILOSOPHER Feast Day: JUNE 1 St. Justin was a Christian philosopher and writer of the 2nd Century A.D. He was born near Sichem, Palestine about the year 100. His father, who was a pagan, brought him up in the errors of paganism. Justin spent his youth studying science, history, poems and orations. Having been disappointed with the pride of pagan philosophers who...

ST. GERMAINE COUSIN | PATRON OF THE ABUSE VICTIMS Feast Day: JUNE 15 Today, we shall present to you a young French girl, born to a poor family in the year 1579 in   Pibrac, France. At birth, she had a deformed right hand and with a sickness called scrofula, tuberculosis outside the lungs which appears as lesion on the neck. Her mother died while she was an infant and her father remarried...

ST. GABRIEL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS  |  PATRON FOR SEMINARIANS, STUDENTS AND THE YOUTH Feast Day: FEBRUARY 27 Young saints are a great joy to the Church! I am sure everyone will be happy to know about St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Since his family was well-off, he was a capricious society boy. He was called “the dancer” because he knew ballroom dancing so well, and a “dandy” for he...

ST. MARIA GORETTI | PATRON SAINT OF YOUNG GIRLS AND RAPE VICTIMS. Feast Day: JULY 6 Today, we are bringing you the exciting story of a child saint. Can a child become a saint? oh, yes, children can also possess great love for God, like St. Maria Goretti, who at eleven years old died a martyr of purity. Maria Goretti was born of a very poor family on October 16, 1890, in Corinaldo, Italy. Her fathe...